Once you have downloaded the file you have chosen, drag it into iTunes for viewing/listening or to move it to your iPod.
Discussion
Share your thoughts and ideas about the Promise into Practice presentation below. Here's our essential question: What can we take from the presentation into our classroom? (Add your name to the end of your thoughts as a written record of your participation.)
In the district being discussed, students had to pass an 8th grade test in order to start 9th grade English (McKay)
Embrace the fact that literacy involves more than just reading books (McKay)
Use multiple resources to accomplish a task (Beauregard & Emrich)
Combine the writing with the new medias…don’t just let it go (Hill)
No mention of how to grade and critique the outputs (Beauregard)
Address the multiple literacy modes from day 1 of the semester. (Snyder)
New technologies kids are exposed to outside the classroom will help low-level students who typically struggle in traditional classrooms. By the way, these students may not believe they are as skilled as the top tier kids. (Snyder)
Can we pair up kids of differing technology skill levels to work to raise the game of everyone? (Bolen)
Promise into Practice
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Once you have downloaded the file you have chosen, drag it into iTunes for viewing/listening or to move it to your iPod.Discussion
Share your thoughts and ideas about the Promise into Practice presentation below. Here's our essential question: What can we take from the presentation into our classroom? (Add your name to the end of your thoughts as a written record of your participation.)